Lavasoft Security Bulletin - April 2014: Bot Review

Bot Review

Table: Bots under analysis (April 2014, Lavasoft MAS).


Bot's name March 2014 April 2014 Changes
Zbot 65 568 62.3%
Cycbot 29 10 -2.4%
Kelihos 66 68 0.2%
NrgBot/Dorkbot 74 149 9.3%
Blazebot/Rbot 13 5 -1.0%
Shiz 4 7 0.4%
Total 620 635



Bot distribution in April:

Kelihos. You can find the latest Kelihos description here.

Cycbot. You can find the latest Cycbot description here.

Shiz. The latest description is here.

Zbot. We saw a significant increase of Zeus bots from 65 analyzed samples in March up to 568 in April. Read more about a Zeus variant found in April here.

NrgBot/Dorkbot. The number of Dorkbots has been increased twofold since March. You can find the latest description here.

Blazebot/Rbot. The latest description is available in Malware Encyclopedia.

Read also:
Zeus Downloader Comes as GoogleUpdate.

Lavasoft Security Bulletin - April 2014: Top Threats.

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